The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-14 00:00:00

CPER, NEW PEERS. annum. The Earl of ELLENBOROTTH felt great pleasure in e ndo rs i n g all that had fallen from the President of the Council in his eulogy of the late Earl of Elgin. As a public servant the deceased nobleman had won the gratitude of the whole nation, and it was much to be regretted that for- tune had been so capricious, No appointment had ever been made which had given greater satisfaction to all parties Able, prudent, resolute, unimpassioned, he appeared to be of all men the best calculated to act in the true spirit of his wise and beneficent proclamation in India. We acknow ledge his worth, and all that remains for us to do is, as far as we can, to make such provision for his bereaved widow, that anxiety for the future may not increase the poignancy of the grief she must ever retain in contemplating the memory and the glory of her noble husband. The Earl of DERBY could not deny himself the pleasure of paying a brief tribute to the memory of the late Lord Elgin, He had watched with great interest the brilliant _ _ _ career of the deceased nobleman from the time he first left England for Jamaica. In all his subsequent actions he had well maintained the honours he had won, and he could not let the present occasion pass without bearing his testimony to the excellency of his character, and his admiration of his conduct as a public man. The motion was then agreed to. THE WEST RIDING ASSIZES. Lord WHAR.NCLIFFE moved that an address be pre sented praying her Majesty that the late decision ordering the removal of the West Riding Assizes from York to Leeds, instead of Wakefield, ba reconsidered. Lord HOUGHTON seconded the motion. The question was purely a provincial one, but the magistracy of York shire were united in favour of Wakefield, and he could not conceive what could have induced her 1119jesty's Go vernment to act in opposition to their wishes by selecting Leeds. He trusted that the Government would not object to reconsider their decision. Earl GRAYVILLE said the opinions of the. magistrates had not been overlooked, but the Privy Council did not think that those opinions ought to be allowed to preponde rate in the matter. As to the selection of Leeds, there had been no other motive except that of public convenience. The Privy Council had carefully considered the claims both of Leeds and Wakefield, and had come to the conch]. • sion that Leeds was bass adapted for the assize town. As to the motion, he did not think, if it were carried, that it would lead to any practical result, and he should therefore oppose it. Lord BROUGHAM said he had heard the question discussed 60 years ago, when the general opinion was in favour of not removing the assizes from York at all; but if any alteration was to be made, the opinion was universally in favour of Leeds. Lord FAVERSHAM stated that when he canvassed the county some years ago this very question was mooted, and he never heard the name of Leeds mentioned at all. He believed that the Government had been influenced in the matter by an hon. gentleman whom he then saw at the bar. [N.Ir Baines, member for Leeds.] Earl DE GII.EY and RIPON said the Privy Council had found it impossible to resist the claim of the West Riding of Yorkshire to have a separate assiz-, although the magis trates of the county were opposed to the rmovsl of the assize from York, It was considered most convenient that Leeds should be selected as the new assize town, on account of its being the centre of the manufacturing and commercial district of the West Riding, and because it had a population of 270,000, while that of Wakefield was only 23,000. The Earl of DERBY thought the great balance of opinion both on the part of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of the magistrates who were locally interested in the question of the inhabitants of the West Riding, and of the surveyors who were recently sent down by the Government to make inquiries in the district, was strongly in favour of Wakefield as against Leeds. He ad vised Lord Wharncliffe to withdraw the motion, but said that he should vote in favour of it if it were pressed. LordWHARNCLIFFE declined to withdraw the motion. After some observation from Lord CRANWORTH and the LORD CHANCELLOR, their lordships divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against Majority —26 The motion was accordingly agreed to. The public Schools Bill passed through committee. Reports of amendments on the Admiralty Lands and Works Bill, and on the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill, were brought up and agreed to. The Scottish Episcopal Clergy Disabilities Removal Bill passed through committee. The Insane Prisoners' Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMIONS.---Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Charicg cross R ailway, Cheddar Valley and Yatton Raitray (changed from Somerset and Dorset Railway), Londonderry Improvement, S omerset and Dorset Railway (changed ti om Somerset and D orset Railway Extension to Shepton Mallet"), Stamford and E ssendine Railway, Weald of Kent Railway, and IV orcester, Brorayard, and Leomin ster Railway. HERNE BAY, HAMPSHIRE, AND RECULVER FISHERY BILL—THE OYSTER SLipp Ljsz‘ On the motion for the*second reading of this bill, Sir E. DERING moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months, He founded his amendment on the fact that about an area of nine miles, which was directed to the supply o f t h e pu b l i c w ith s o essential an article of consumption as oysters, was about being absorbed by a private company. Sir B. BRIDGES seconded the amendment, and some discussion followed. The amendment was negatived without a discussion, and the bill was accordingly read a second time. HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC. Mr WATKIN asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether her Majesty's Government, bearing in mind the existence and extension of the naval stations of the United States near San Francisco and of Russia at Sitka, proposed to establish any means for enabling the docking and repair of her Majesty's ships in the North Pac.fic ; and if so, whether the harbour of Esquimalt had been selected as the site, Mr CHILDERS, in the absence of Lord C. Paget, ex plained that negotiations were going on on the subject, but he could not enter into official details at present. THE PROPOSED NATIONAL GALLERY AT BUR- LINGTON HOUSE. Mr HIBBERT asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, as the vote for the new National Gallery at Bur lington House had been rejected, it was his intention to take any steps to obtain possession of the rooms now occupied by the Royal Academy in Trafalgar -square, so as to render the smite available for the exhibiti on of the national pictures. Mr GIIECiORY also aesked the right hon. gentleman wheihlr it was the intention of the Government to take imreQdiate steps to procure the buildings to the rear of the National Gallery, inasmuch as the present structure is not large enough properly to exhibit all the national pictures and salections from the national drawings. Mr COWPER repeated the statement he had previously made, to the effect that arrangements were made for securing ample accommodation fer the great national collection of picturca, which wore at present riot placed in that poaition to which, from their instrinsie value as a means of instrue. tion for the public mind, they were entitled. HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord HOWARD and Lord DE FREYNE took the oaths and their seats as Peers of the United Kingdom. COUNTY COURTS. Lord CHELMSFORD presented a number of petitions from the tallymen of Doncaster, Liverpool, Manchester, and other places against the County Courts Bill. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Lord WROTTESLEY moved for papers referring to the standard of weights and measures. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. In reply to the Earl of STAN HOPE, Earl GRANVILLE said ho was not aware of any cor respondence between the Board of Works and the Royal Academy, but if there were no doubt it would be produced. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Scottish North-Eastern and Alyth Railway Company— Scottish !North-Eastern and Perth Almond Valley and Met hven Railway—North British Railway—Liverpool and London Fire and Life and Globe Insurance Company— Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway—Denburn Valley —Scottish North-Eastern and Scottish Central Railway Companies, THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE.—PENSION TO THE COUNTESS OF ELGIN. Her Majesty's message upon this subject having been read by the clerk at the table, Earl GRANVILLE moved that her Majesty's gracious message be :taken into consideration. His lordship com menced by tracing the brilliant career of the late Earl of Elgin from the time of his leaving Oxford until his death in India. He said he had no doubt their lord ships would readily concur with the recommendation of her Majesty to recognise the services of the late Earl of Elgin, who was struck down by the fatal climate of India, by granting Lady Elgin £l,OOO per annum. From the Indian Fund £I,OOO had been already voted, by which arrangem en t the combined pension would then amount to £2,000 per MNJOR (401;,;.0"; Mr. LIDDELL asked the Under Seeratilry of Stito for Foreign Affairs by whose orders and under what instruc tions Major Gordon was appointed to the command of the Chinese disciplined force now employed in suppressing the reballion in China, and empowered to conduct the present military operations; having for their object the restoration of Nankin to Imperial rule, inasmuch as Sir Frederick Bruce, in the enclosure of a despatch to Earl Russell, dated June 12, 1863, being copy of a memorandum addressed by him to Prince Kung on June 5, 1373, states "that he, Sir Frederick Bruce,;;;;Zirn; 77i1:7officers of er Majes ty's Army to take any part in military operations further than umy be necessary for the protection of British interests, and his first step, consequently, would be to desire that Major Gordon and others serving with him at Shanghae should not pass the boundary described as the 30 mile radius. Mr LAYARD said that all the information asked for would be found in the blue books, which could be referred to by any hon, member. THE CONFERENCE. In reply to Mr B. OSBORNE and Mr KINOLAKE, Lord PALMERSTON declined to verify officially any statement that appeared in the Morning Post or any other newspaper relative to the Danish Conference. (Laughter.) ae was not in a position to confirm any newspaper statement as to what the Danish Plenipotentiaries said or did. (Laughter,) The statement he had made to the house was sufficiently expl ana t ory , an d t h ere were no new cir cumstances that called for any supplemental statement. An Hon. MEMBER—fhe noble lord has not, to my mind, made a satisfactory statement in regard to this matter. Lord PALMERSTON said he did not feel himself called upon to deal with every variety of mind which might arise even in that house, and all that he could do was to make a Clear and so far as he could a logical statement. (Hear, and laughter.) THE NAWAB OF THE CARNATIC. On the motion for going into committee of supply, 7 Mr SMOLLETT moved that a select committee be ap pointed to inquire into the claims of his Highness Azeem Jah to the title and dignity of the Nawab of the Carnatic ; and further to report upon the circumstances under which the treaty entered into between his high ness's father, Azeem ul Dowlah and the East India Com pany, dated the 31st day:of July, 1801, had been declared void. The motion having been seconded by Mr. BAILLIB, Mr H. GRENFELL argued, in opposition to the pro posal, that no wrong had been done to Azeem Jah, who, during his whole life, had enjoyed the protection of the English Government. If the committee were granted, it would be tantamount to an admission that he had suffered wrong, and that would be contrary to the opinion of some of the most eminent statesmen. It would also necessitate an instruction to the committee to provide a remedy, and the remedy must be either to confer upon him the mock throne of the Carnatic or give him a large pecuniary com pensation. Before doing that, it was necessary to show that wrong lead been committed, and next that it could be re medied without inflicting wrong upon others. And he held that both these elements were wanting in the case. Sir J. FERGUSSON said that if the committee were appointed their inquiries would be useless, because no fresh evidence could be collected on the subject. But they might do this. They might find a bill of indictment against faithful and able servants of the Crown who, after passing their lives in honour, had gone to the grave amidst the regrets and with the respect of all. He called upon the house not to re-open a question which had been settled upwards of 60 years ago. Mr BAILLIE observed that there were two important admissions in the treaty of 1801; first, that the Nawab was the legitimate Sovereign of the Carnatic, and next that the East India Company had acquired the right to govern the Carna'ac, not by conquest, but by treaty. If then the treaV had ceased to exist, by what title, he should like to kreow,:did we now possess the territory i' I.lr LOWE was not prepared to say that the transaction was one in which we could take much pleasure, but he argued that the treaty was entered into without any inten tion of conveying rights to descendants. The Anglo-Indian Government retained to themselves the right of considering whether they would allow a new nomination to the nawab ship of the Carnatic, and all that could be said was that, in two cases, they elected to do so, and in the third that they would not. On a division the motion was negatived by 62 to 45. Mr HENNESSY expressed his surprise that the house had been permitted to go to a division without the Secretary for India offering any explanation on the subject. Mr MALINS also rebuked Sir C. Wood for the indiffe rence with which he had treated the matter, and the exulta tion with which he had hailed the result of the division. Lord PALMERSTON said that if his right hon. friend had manifested any exultation it was owing to the fact that the hon. and learned gentleman, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, who was known to be full of the subject and prepared to support the motion for inquiry, was so entirely dumbfounded by the arguments opposed to it, that he was unable to reply. Sir F. KELLY owned that he had been outwitted by the tactique of the Government; but ho now gave notice that, in justice to the honour of the house, he should take the earliest opportunity of reviving the discussion. Mr W. E. FOR.STER stated that he had given his vote with the minority on the single ground that the Secretary for India had not risen to defend the conduct of his own administration. Sir C. WOOD contended that, as his department bad been assailed, he had a right, as the defendant, to hear all the case\ against it before he delivered a reply. Moreover, he considered the speeches of Sir J. Ferguson and Mr Lowe were ample defence. Lord STANLEY regretted that Lord Palmerston should have regarded the motion in the light of a party attack, seeing that in the division one half the support received by the Government had come from the Opposition side of the house. The hours then went into committee of supply, and agreed to several votes on account of the civil service. NEW ZEALAND (GUARANTEE OF LOAN). The hause went into committee on this bill. Mr. CARDWELL said that papers relating to the pro gress of the war in New Zealand had recently been laid on the table of that house. He had seen in the newspapers ac coue.ts which, he was happy tc say, did not correspond with threse which had reached him officially. He had received fey this mail accounts of two conflicts which had taken place between our troops and the native chiefs—one in the neigh bourhood of Plymouth, and the other with Gen. Cameron's force. The first was an operation conducted by Gen. 'Ward with great success, and was carried out fortunately with the smallest loss, no one being killed, and only four wounded. The Governor and General Cameron spoke of that action in the highest terms. A more important engagement had taken place with General Cameron's force, with reference to which he was glad to say the reports of adisastrous failure through a subordinate were not correct. All he could say was that according to the intelligence which had reached him, the victory over the natives by General Cameron was complete and decisive, and the extensive district was now in posses sion of the Government. He would now turn to what was the immediate object. It would be in the recollection of the house that a proposal had been made last session for a loan of half a million, but, for reasons stated in the correspond once now before him, that proposal had not succeeded ; and it now devolved upon him to renew the proposal in a diffe rent form. The correspondence showed that the colony of New Zealand desired to raise a loan of £3,000,000. The Finance Minister of the colony had discussed the matter with him; but he (Mr. Cardwell) gave him to understand at the outset that he could not undertake on the part of the Imperial Government to submit any proposal to Parliament for eco large a s Ina as £3,000,000. The question, then, was, whether they should limit themselves to the £500,000 of last session, The guarantee of £500,000 had nothing to do with the expense of the war. The Imperial Government in the course of the present year had advanced £300,000, and therefore if the guarantee were confined to £500,000 the whole would be absorbed in the amount due to the Treasury. It was now proposed to guarantee a loan of £1,000,000, £500,000 to be paid to the Imperial Treasury. and £.500,000 to be at the disposal of the Colonial Govern ment; and he thought the correspondence would show that thero was ample security for this loan. It might be asked why they came forward to guarantee at all ? But the reasons were the great expense caused by having so many of the Population of New Zealand under arms, the necessity for making roads, and surveys, and carrying out many other im p r ovements. If the proposal were agreed to, the whole of the amount due to the Imperial Treasury would be tire paid, and. at the close of the pr esen t y ear N ew Z ea l an d would ce ut Bute, like the rest of the Australian territory, her proportion of the military expenditure, namely, at the rate of £4O for ev e e rY infantry soldier and £55 f or ever y arlleryman. Th only exception was th e diff erence o f one regiment in favour of New Zealand, for which a sum of £20,000 would be allowed as heretofore. The resolution having been read, AYTOUN said he would offer no opposition pro vided the right hon. gentler ee , would give sufficient time rreo:psondenc, and he would for the reading of the correspondence. of affording sufficient t forime A t h R e D p l e V ru E s L al L of w t a h s e d e e o s r i not take the second reading before that day Week. Sir lI.WILLOUGHBY thought the proper time for dis cussion was the present occasion, when in c ommittee. The correspondence was only delivered that morning, H e had only looked cursorily through it, but he had s een enough to warn the committee of the anxious state of New Zealand. The account appeared to him to be more complicated than was indicated in the statement of the right hon. g entleman. He owned he could not understand where the surplu s f und was to be found that was to secure the payment of the debt, and to protect the imperial treasury from the risks of g ee ranteeing the loan. Mr. 'WHALLEY had seen a statement put forward in a New Zealand newspaper to the effect that, wher ever Sir George Grey went, he found evidence that the recent rebellion had on in the conduct of the Roman Catholic priesthood—(oh, oh, and laughter) — and he wished to know whether the right hon. gentleman had received any communication from Sir George Grey confirmatory of that statement. (Laughter.) Mr ADDERLEY said no doubt the circumstances of the case were peculiar, and that there were very strong reasons why the house should entertain tho proposal of a guarantee. The spirit which Naw Z •aland had shown in meeting its difficulties was an c::amplc to all our other colonies— (hear) —and, in the next place, the condition which would be at tached to the guarantm that for the future the colony were willing to pay f or all the Imperial troops quartered there with the exception of one regiment, recommended the reso lution to the adoption of the house. Not desiring to be understood as expressing any deliberate opinion upon the whole proposition until he had been able to read the cor respondence, he nevertheless inclined to the opinion that the pr Posal of the Government ought to be supported. Mr HASSARD suggested the desirability of their being I put in Peeebknon of more detailed inionuation with respect to the finances of New Zealand, in order that they might be able to judge whether the surplus fund relied upon existed. lish, but actual English. This is especially the case, I am told, with some of the people of West Jut land and Schleswig, whose dialects are not altoge ther unintelligible when they come ashore in some of the English northern counties or in the Scottish lowlands. Truly a closer kinship than exists be tween Great Britain and Denmark is nowhere to be found on earth; and it seems hard, indeed, that the bigger sister should not raise as much as a little finger in behalf of the younger one, to save her from the two great bullies who have almost beaten the soul out of her body. Presently we all set foot on Elsinore, and the King and suite proceeded in carriages to the shore of the Sound, where they alighted in sight of the Krenborg and of the Swedish coast, the King stand.' ing on a high spot near the shore and pointing oat the most salient objects to the Que e n, who seemed to be a stranger in these P ar t s, and was delighted with what she saw. fliers WAS then a backward move, and all joinea again at the Sayte-bane, or shooting gallery, a large building and grounds near the station, belonging to the rifle club of the town, where the feast was spread. I happen to have been more than once present at the opening of railway s by the King of It a ly, an d I W was particularly struck With the differenc e w i t h which the sam e solemnity can be gone th roug h i n different countries. In Italy the road from Bo logna to Ancona, or front the latter place to P ess cara, traverses classic ground, and the names of Faenza, Rimini, Pesaro, & 3 e, make a far diff eren t i m - B p i e r k s s e i roond, sz o nto., he w e a h r o f. r h o Tom :11 thoselan o h f as v H e el elerr heardup, Ly o n u g t f b o y, Denmark, and with which the Dane himself has no great traditions to associate. Moreover, the Italians are a loud, demonstrative people ; art and taste come natural to them in the decoratio n o f th e i r festiTals. Those provinces, besides, were newly rescued from the most crushing tyranny ; the locomotive was as new to them as the King who had lately annexed them, the fellow-subjects who were coming to greet them, and the glad tidings of freedom and civilisation that came in their train. The opening of a railway under such circumstances in Italy was a political event, a peaceful revolution. in Denmark, the railway comes as the last link of a long chain of gradual social progress. It delights all, but surprises nobody. Tee people go out to welcome the train as a matter of com mon occurrence—a familiar object, which, if they have not seen here, they have seen a score of miles off. They are glad of a holiday —glad of an opportunity for the display of loyal feelings to their Sovereign. That Sovereign is no stranger to them; he comes to the throne as the heir of a long - established dynasty in the regular course of succession. For the rest, they think little of arches, tapestries on the walls and damask cloths from the windows ; they bring themselves, and their honest, bright faces, and their lusty cheers. That must make joy enough for the new comers and for themselves. Anything theatrical would be out of the question ; anything even artistical would be out of keeping with the prosaic iron rails. On one point, however, the Danes have exhibited a most decided superiority over the Italians, and that is the dinner. At A ncona or Pescara four or five hundred starving men, standing round ill provided tables, with hat in hand and cloak on arm, had to snatch such morsels as they could get at. wrangling and almost squabbling. In Denmark we sat about 200 in one room, seated round four longitudinal tables and a transverse one, and before us were laid about twelve dishes, handed round in as many courses, with every variety of French, German, and Peninsular wines. The din ner was a good thing; but the leisure, cordiality, and actual brotherhood with which we ate it were even better. The King sat in the middle of the high table, having his Queen on his left, the young Princess Dagmar on his right, who was supported on the other aide by her brother, the Crown Prince. Round the same table were the Ministers, some of the great Court dignataries, and the directors of the new railway, the hosts of the day. One of these latter, a Herr David, stood up just as we had despatched our kalvertgy, gronoester, olivensance—i. e., when we were through about one-fourth of the dinner, and, as he stood face to face with the kink, the table only intervening, he, in a short neat speech proposed the " Health of the King." The band struck up " King Christian stood by the lofty mast; " the cannon thundered outside. The toast was received with real enthu siasm, and the King actually," jingled glasses" with Herr David. He then thanked the assembled guests with an easy flaw of language and some happy allu sion to the " bark of the State that would yet be got safely out of the stormy sea," whi c h e li c i te d new applause. The same indefatigable H err D av id next proposed "The Queen," for whom th e Ki ng made an appropriate sw The turn n ex t came for Prince po a h n e Q e u r e . en , Frederick, the Crown Prince, and his sister Dagmar, when the former got up and acquitted himself of his task with a readiness and aplomb quite beyond his years. The King did not forget " The Army and Navy," which toast was drunk amid the strains of "Den tappre Landsoldat" and " Holmens faste Stock." The absent were not defrauded of their share, especially King George of Greece, who, no doubt, would have been glad enough to be with us —glad to be anywhere, perhaps, rather than where he is, Bishop Monrad also proposed " The Princess of Wales," who might almost have heard the hurrah which rose in her honour all the way from the shores of the Oresund to her boudoir at Marlborough House. fhe King assured the bystanders that " his absent daughter felt as poignantly for the calamities of her country as any there present." After one more toast, for the " good old c it y El s i nore, " the King and suite left the table. We rose in a hurry and followed into the garden, whence, after a hasty cup of coffee, 199 of the company took their seats in the carriages back to Copenhagen, and only one—your correspondent—repaired to his new quarters a Elsinore. Mr CARDWELL explained that the loan was to be a first charge upon the general expenditure of the colony. ➢lr WHALLEY requested an answer with respect to his inquiries on the conduct of the Roman Catholic priest hood. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1864. Naval and Military Intelligence, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A letter from Malta says :—" Between the 2d and sth of June the harbour presented unusual activity. The steatn storeship Supply had arrived froth Corfu; the Dromedary, from Cephalonia ) with atoi - ea and baggage; and the Or lando steam frigate, and Trident steam sloop, from Cepha • lonia; the steam frigate Liffey, from Zante; the steam fri• gate Magicienne, from Santa Mann.; the steatn corvette Cossack, from Ithaca; and the screw steam line of battle ship Meeanee, from Corfu. The last six brought 39 officers, 1,118 non-commissioned officers and pritates, 61 women, and 133 children of the Ist battalion, 9th Regiment. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Galatea arrived on. the 4th from Corfu, bringing nine officers, 109 non-commissioned officers and privates, 35 women ; and 83 children of the Royal t ngincein ; eight non commissioned officers and privates, 14 women, and 12 children of other re giments for Gibraltar, for which port she left on June 6. Her Majesty's screw steam troopship Himalaya arrived on the same day, likewise from Corfu, bringing 33 officers, 912 non-commissioned officers and privates, 65 women, and 102 children of the 4th Regiment and of the Royal Artillery. Her Majesty's screw steam troopship Tamar also arrived from Corfu on the 4th, bringing for Malta one non-com missioned officer and 18 privates, and for Gibraltar, for which port she took her departure on the same day, 980 officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the 2d battalion, 2d Regiment. Major-Gen. Sir R. Garrett, lately commanding the forces in the lonian Islands, and Mrs Gar rett, Capt. Beresford, A.D.C., Col. Maude, C. 8., V.C., of the Royal Artillery, with his wife and family ; Col. Robert son, appointed Deputy Quartermaster. Gen. at Malta, Assist. Cora.-Gen. Cruickshanks, Deputy Assist. Com.-Gen, Leach and wife, the Rev. Mr Wrench, and the Earl of March, besides several civilians, came as passengers by the above named ships of war. Her Majesty's screw steamship of the line, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Smart, K.H., Com mander-in-Chief, arrived on the 7th from Katackolo, in Greece, preceded on the 6th by the schooner steam yacht Undine, from the same place, having on board the Duke of Sutherland and the Earl of Sefton. The United States sailing corvette Constellation left Malta on June 1 for Alexandria. The Pigmy, Goverment paddle steam tender at Ports mouth, Master Commanding W. W. Vine, has returned to that harbour, from her temporary station, under the command of Commander Colomb, R.N., off the south coast of the Isle of Wight, where she has been engaged in experimental tele graphic operations. These telegraphic experiments have been carried on by Commander P. H. Colomb, R.N., with Capt. F. J. Bolton, 12th Regiment, F.R.G.S., under the direction of the Admiralty and the War _office, in order to perfect a system of telegraphy applicable to one code of signalling for the use of the army and navy, and having special reference to coast defences. So far as the experi ments have yet gone, they have been most successful. Com munications by signal have been kept up for hours from the temporary signal station on St. Catherine's Down, Isle of Wight, under the direction of Capt. Bolton, and the Pigmy steamer 24 English miles off in the Channel, under the direc tion of Commander Colomb, and from the results which have attended these experiments inferences may be safely drawn that an ordinary message of 20 words may be thus trans mitted from a look-out ship nearly halfway across the Chan nel to the nearest English headland in 15 miles. Such re sults as these bid fair to revolutionise the ordinary modes of signalling. It is understood that the Admiralty, sully ap preciating the importance of the whole question, have ordered a further series of trials to be made. TIMES.—The air is full of rumours of the great onslaught Whibli. the Opposition is preparing to make upon the Ministry, and the spoils of office are for the hundredth time apportioned totting the ex pectant victors, It is believed that a sufficient Danish feeling exists in the country, not, indeed, to assist Denmark, hat to turn out the Government which has declined actively to assist her; and a eta cient warlike feeling, not, indeed i to go to war, but to turn out a Government for pertinationsly adhering to peace. Direful are the threats of what will be done at a general election, and great is the gathering in the House of Commons every night to learn froth the "Questions/' and still better from the "Notices of Motions,'' when the great day of trial will come. In this volcanic state we are grateful to any one who will give us the least means of estimating the impending phenomenon, and relieve us from the suspense in which we are involved. We, therefore, read with particular pleasure Lard Stanley's speech at the Merchant Taylors' dinner in acknowledging the toast of the House of Commons, If he is meditating an attack upon Downing-street, Lord Stanley certainly goes to the combat in a peculiarly tranquil and equable frame of mind. He seems so thoroughly content with everything that it would be quite a pity to introduce any change into the world which goes so smoothly. Lord Stanley says he has been for fifteen years a member of the House of Commons, and the longer and more intimately he has known it the stronger has become his respect for its opinions and the general soundness of its decisions. No tes timony can be more handsome, and no statement more convincing, than that of a statesman who thus fairly and candidly gives his evidence in favour of that very judge by whom he ana his party have been repeatedly and remorselessly condemned. The history of the House of Commons for the last ten years has been the history of the reverses and defeats of the Conservative party. It has been one long tale of successive disappointments. Tantalus himself was not more cruelly or perseveringly mo c k e d. Th e tid e of good fortun e has been for ever rising up to their lips and for ever ebbing again. In 1852 they were indulged with just so much of the sweets of office as to make them long heartily for a prolonga tion of their term, and in 1858 and 1859 they existed in office during the greater part of two sessions, without being able to make good their footing on the promised land. It is not everyone whose opinion of the House of Commons would be raised by such experience; but the Conservative leaders know their own party best, and if their opinion of the House is raised by the indisposition to trust them which it has shown during the last 12 years, it is not for us to blame the soundness of the decision. Lord Stanley admitted that for the last two or three years the House has not done much to gain credit with the public beyond maintaining a judicious inactivity. He does not take advantage of this inactive state of the House of Commons to attribute its abstinence from hard work as a fault to the Government. He looks npon it as the result of the present state of public opinion, and neither quarrels with the nation for desiring rest, nor expects to be called by his con stituents to a severe account for the easy life which he has led and the little execution he has done in the ranks of his political opponents. Nay, more; Lord Stanley's candour compels him to admit that "in two important departments—that of Law Re form and of Finance —very considerable and prac tical improvements have been made; and no diffe rence of political connection will prevent him or those whom he addresses from doing full justice to those by whom these improvements have been initiated." This is scarcely the language of a man who ie engaged every day in considering how best he may damage and annoy the existing Go vernment,—into what part of their armour he may best introduce the point of his lance. If this speech is intended to prepare us for war, it can only be by a surprise, since no expressions can be used less cal culated to create suspicion and alarm. "England," he says, " is rich, prosperous, and contented beyoad all former example, and the general opinion among the working classes is that if there is any well founded grievance, they may bring it forward with a confidence that it will be inquired into, and if pos sible removed." Lord Stanley goes on to advise us wisely to keep at peace with all our neighbours, and to continue in the same course of steady, consistent improvement which we have hitherto practised. Certainly this is not the language of discontent or repining, but rather of one who has seen matters go vary much as they ought, though against his own party, and is determined not to commit himself to any distinct policy other than that which has sacs ceeded so welt. It looks, then, very much as if the anticipations which have been ventilated so freely of late were destined to end in nothing. Lord Stanley may fairly be accepted as the representative of the good sense and the moderation of the great English people, who are of no political party at all, and who see no reason to apprehend political agitation, be cause they are conscious of having done nothing to deserve it. A few years ago such a speech as that of Lord Stanley, made by a man having held high office, and aspiring to hold it again, young, able, and am bitious, would have been an absolute impossibility, an effort of virtue of self-denial of which no men would have been found:capable. Now matters are mending so fast that political personages often receive quite as much justice from their antagonists as from their allies, and the medium through which their act are seen by their adversaries loses almost all its power of distorting character. No one is sagacious enough to foresee what will be the end of the pre sent European complications, but there is no diffi culty in believing that the present Government will be judged, whatever may be the result of the Conference, in a much fairer and more equitable spirit than political parties in this country have hitherto been in the habit of manifesting towards each other. There are two difficulties in the way of carrying a vote of censure—the first that the mere ill success of negotiations set on foot with the best intentions, and carried on with the most praise worthy diligence, can hardly, in the present state of feeling, be imputed even to a hostile Government as a crime; and the second that, even if the Tory party were agreed upon such a censure, they are unable to satisfy the conditions of success which the House and the country require of them. Supposing that they could combine to condemn what hes been done, could they combine to point out any course for the future, to lay down any comprehensive plan of action, or indicate any rule of conduct, by following which the country would obtain a more assured and a more honourable position ? The complaints that have been made take the shape of upbraiding the Ministers for not acting up to the menaces they have uttered, and for suffering themselves to be outvoted in the Conference and upbraided by Austria and Prussia without having recourse to war. But is the Tory party ready to embrace this alternative? Are they really prepared to plunge this country into a doubtful struggle with two of the greatest military Powers in the world merely to show their goodwill to another whom they are un able efficiently to assist P We oppose to such views the plain sensible declaration of Lord Stanley— that so long as they are wise enough to keep at peace, the House have nothing to fear from their constituents. lo other words, that the opinion of the country is strong against war, and that, there fore, the Tory party is in this dilemma—chat if it profess itself favourable to peace, it will fail for want of a cause of complaint against the Govern meant; and if favourable to war, it will fail because the country does not share its predilection. HERALD.—It is curious to observe how the tone of the apologists of the Government varies as time goes on. It is impossible now to maintain the high pretensions which were advanced when the public were more ignorant, and, therefore, more easily deceived, than they are now. Three months ago it was fearlessly asserted that there was nothing with which fault could be found in the conduct of Ministers, and that no phrase which could be inter preted either as a promise to Denmark or a threat to germany, had fallen from Lord Russell's pen. It is too late to hold that language now. Even from the meagre residue of despatches which Mr. Leyard's careful editing has left behind there is plenty to convict Lord Russell of bluster, which his subsequent conduct has made ridiculous, and pro mises which his timidity has converted into an indelible stain upon England's honour. These things lie upon the surface, and it is now of no use to deny their existence. Consequently the line of defence is changed. The despatches are no longer eulogised. It is admitted that the Government wrote and spoke as if they intended to go is,war t that the behalfe o n of the Treaty of 1552. The def encet• servatives would have done no bet t er. This notable apology seems to have quite captivated the mi n d s of Ministerial writers and speakers, and they re peat it upon all occasions. Lord Palmerston even goes a step further, and, disregarding all constitu tional decorum, is perpetually taunting the Oppo sition because they will not present him with a policy of their own. " What would your policy be ?" appears to the aged Minister a sufficient plea i n answer to all the charges of imbecility and w eakness that are brought against him. It seems t o o absurd that Ministers who arc incul pated should seriously imagine gravely of defence to set up a hypothesis, without a shadow of proof, to the effect that their antagonists would have done no better than them selves. It is scarcely less ridiculous to see a Prime Minister trying to veil his own flouncing a p o li cy helpless p erp l ex i ty by throwing the duty of an with th e d uty of devising ono, and who h ave not upon those who are not charged the official information as to the exact condition of negotiations at the moment which would enable them to do it with confidence. Still it may be worth while, as this defence is advanced with so The America, target-ship at Portsmouth, is again having her sides strengthened in parts, and newly planked with. greenheart planking to reeeive armour-plates for trial. The greenheart planking is six inches in thickness inside and outside the ship's frame, and on this will be bolted with iron and steel bolts (the latter experimental) for the next trial iron and steel armour-plates from the firms of John Brown and Co,, of the Atlas Steel and Iron Works, and from C. Cammil and Co., of the Cyclops Works. The Wolverine, ironcased corvette, and the Research and Enterprise, rams, arrived in Great Yarmouth Roads last night, to await orders, it is supposed, for the North. Fires were lighted in the furnaces of the Channel Squadron at 7 o'clock yesterday morning at Plymouth. The screw steamship Prince Consort, 35, Capt. George 0. Willes, C. 8., hove short at 9, and at half past left the Sound by the Western Channel. The Black Prince, 41, Capt. J. B. Wainwright, second in command, followed. The flag ship Edgar, 71, Capt. G. P. Hornby, cleared the western end of the Breakwater at 10 a.m., and all was ready for the immediate departure of the Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., and the Defence, 16, Capt. Augustus Phillimore. The following garrison order to the troops who took part in the siege operations carried out at Chatham in the pre sence of the Prince of \Vales has been issued by General H, Eyre, commanding the Chatham district:— '" The Major-General has been commanded by his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in -Chief to express the great satisfaction with which his Royal Highness witnessed the complete success of the siege operations carried out in the presence of his Royal High ness the Prince of \Vales. The Major General is aware, from his own personal observation, how anxiously the tr,,ops of all branches of the service (assisted as they were by the Royal Navy at this station, and the Royal Marines from Woolwich) have endeavoured to deserve the approba tion they are all so much gratified in obtaining ; but it is to the very able and skilful superintendence of Col. Harness, C. 8., Royal Engineers, and the remarkably zealous and cheerful co-operation of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and sappers of the Royal Engineer establishment that such a successful result must be chiefly due on an oc casion of the kind." Mr CARDWELL said he did not think it was necessary at so late a period of the evening to go into such matters. (Cheers and laughter.) The resolution was then agreed to. COLLECTION OF TAXES BILL, On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Sir W. JOLLIFFE appealed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer not to press forward so unpopular a bill until more time had been allowed for the consideration of its pro visions. He moved the adjournment of the debate. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the house had concurred in the principle of the bill ; so he hoped that the house would not concur in the motion. Mr NE WDEGATE said that great dissatisfaction existed in the country as to the nature and objects of the bill with reference to the exemption of the large towns, and on those grounds he should support the motion, so as to give an opportunity for further discussion. After some explanations from Mr HARVEY LEWIS in explanation of his reasons for withdrawing his amendment for exempting large towns, Mr KNIGHT supported the motion. The house divided, with the following result— Ayes Noes Majority Sir W. JOLLIFFE expressed his regret that the right hon, gentleman should persevere at so late an hour of the morning (one o'clock). Mr HENNESSY moved that the house do now adjourn. Mr NE WDEGATE urged the right hon. gentleman not to persevere. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER yielded to the suggestion of Mr Newdegate, and put the third reading for Thursday next, SUPPLY. The report of supply was brought up and agreed to. PUBLIC AND REFRESHMENT HOUSES (ME TROPOLIS) BILL. This bill passed through committee. PILOTAGE ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL. This bill was read a second time. SUPERANNUATION (UNION OFFICERS) BILL, This bill was read a second time. BEER-HOUSES (IRELAND) BILL. The amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. COVENTRY FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This bill was read a second time. The Settled Estates Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. BURIALS REGISTRATION BILL. This bill passed through committee. The County Constabulary Superannuation Bill was read a second time. The house then adjourned. DENMARK, (From Inc limes' Special Correspondent.) ELSINORE, June 9. Yesterday the King opened the new railway line which has just been completed between Copenhagen and Elsinore. The distance as the crow flies is not much more than 20 English miles. They have made the railway more than one-third longer by going round to Fredericksborg and Fredensborg, so that the fastest trains will not get over the ground in less than two hours, which is just the time em ployed by the steamers plying from port to port. Speed of locomotion and the time gained by it are, however, no objects with these gout Danes, and they think little of the loss of an hour in a line of first rate European importance. This line is to join the Swedish railways at Helsingborg, across the Sound, the train being carried over the three miles of water by one of those ferries on the American plan, con structed for that purpose. It will thus become the direct means of communication between Stockholm and Copenhagen ; further, by following the line from Copenhagen toKorsor, from Korsor by another ferry to Nyeborg by rail to Middletart, from Middle fart by ferry to Snoghoi, in Jutland, and thence all across Schleswig and Holstein to Hamburg, this will travel over Zealand, Funen, and across the Oresund and the Great and the Little Belts, convey ing passengers in the same carriage from the two Northern capitals to the great German free city and the rest of the world. We were all assembled at the terminus (alampen borg station) in Copenhagen at half-past 11. The King was there, the Queen, the Crown Prince, the Princess Dagmar, and about 200 persons, Cabinet Ministers, civil, military, and naval officers, cour tiers, railway directors, and other citizens; most of the people in uniform ; almost all with stars and crosses, cordons and keys, a goodly display of the world's vanities, all glittering in the sun of one of what the English people culled " Queen's-days," the weather being as propitious to the movements of Royalty in Denmark as it is proverbially in England, The district travelled over by this short line may be called the garden of Zealand ; it is a blessed land, equally good to live end to look upon. Four or five of the greatest Royal parks stretch in sight of the line to the right and left—Char:etten-lund, Dyr have, Hovelte, &c. ; sweeps of the richest meadow land and masses of the thickest forest verdure swell about far and wherever the eye turns_ It is Eng lish landscape in its happiest mood, with the addi tional peculiarity of broad sheets of water here and there; the mirror ever ready wherever there is beauty to rejoice in its reflection. At most of the stations the train stopped, as I said; here the local authorities stepped up to the King's carriage as it slackened speed; there the King himself and his suite and all of us alighted, and there was interchange of obeisances, congratu tions, and good wishes. The whole population of the neighbourhood, as a matter of course, crowded together at these halting-places—a well-dressed, good-looking, wellebehaving Danish multitude, The King stepped down not merely in front of them, but among them—into them,—the King and the Queen, and the Crown Prince—a rather tall, handsome young gentleman, in the uniform of a field-officer of the infantry of the line —and that lovely Princess Dagmar, so young and modest and ingenuous, looking evidently happy with the gaiety and the novelty of the scene, as were also her parents, for the receptio❑ they met with every where was so hearty and genuine as to dispel even the cloud of care so habitually set on the noble brow of the Queen. Truly this a good-looking family, and I am sure the impression they made yesterday upon thousands of their subjects, to whom their faces were as yet unfamiliar, was that no kingly race ever better became their station than this "newly-arrived" house, who seem to take so little of the greatness of Royalty upon themselves. Not the King only, but the Queen, the Prince, and oven the young Princess mixed singly with the crowd, and had a word to say to all who were not too shy to approach them. No won der the arrival and departure of the train were the signals for the loudest shouts of the delighted assem blage. At Fredericksborg, especially, the scene was extremely animated ; dense throngs of ladies, in the gayest attire, filled up all open spaces and spread widely over the avenues, their handkerchiefs way iog in the air beautifully contrasting with the variety of their rainbow dresses and pink parasols. They looked like an animated Dannebrog—all red and white. Those dear national colours, floating above the buildings, absorbed all other hues dis played by the motley multitude. An affecting scene awaited us as we burst in sight of the Sound just upon nearing Elsinore. The train came to a standstill on an elevated position near the shore, and drawn up in a line before us wesaw about a d ozen of the men of-war of the Baltic fleet, , from every one of which the cannon the ro a d gave its thund er g of welcome t o t h e king. On the land side, alon g their cleawnerbelumeossthoirftet,hcperreeEwchstohlfgthose arms; s their si i n r trumpets, rather more in tune than the bugler of the land troops, struck up the noble strain "Kong Christian stod ved hoien Mast"—a strain that went tarough the nerves of most bystanders, and thrilled th e m with some of those emotions which come upon ll o u ok est at o t f h t e h s t e ln la . ir, weather tis.l;lvl;,evr.ie wime par,essliebalest t i o n beaten mariners, as we went past the long row of faces, without feeling convinced that one stood in presence of a goodly array of E nglish tars. The look,el. T thehe verysha shape, the beari ng o f the men are identi esound of th e l anguage displays the greatest affinity. There were men in the Danish army at Sonderborg who used to startle me as I heard them talking among themselves, because I actually thought that their idiom Was not only lik e 1,,-,,, a _ , The Garibaldi Testimonial Fund. A general meeting of the subscribers to this fund was held yesterday afternoon, at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. The meeting was convened in terms of a re solution agreed to at a meeting of the general committee. held on the 30th ult., and was for the purpose of determin ing as to the future action of the committee, and of consi dering the propriety of suspending for the present all fur ther operations in the way of collecting subscriptions for the Testimonial Fund. Mr. J. A. NICHOLAY, having been voted to the chair, briefly stated the object of the meeting. Mr JOHN EICHARD6ON . , C.C., one of the hon. secreta ries, stated that having heard from reliable resources that the magnitude of the fund would be much impaired if fur ther proceeded with at the present time, the provincial towns being still smarting under the disappointment caused by the sudden and unexpected departure of the General from England, ho had prepared a resolution, which he would submit to the meeting, on the subject. He must say he should submit that resolution with no little regret, as he could have wished to have gone on until they collected a fund worthy of the country and of the illustrious man for whom it was intended, Under present circumstances, how ever, that was impossible; and, at all events, he had the satisfaction of knowing that in the course he was pursuing he was acting in according with the feelings and the wishes of the most intimate friends of Garibaldi, as well as of that great roan himself. It was not intended that the com mittee should be dissolved, but simply that its action should Le suspended until the General should again revisit England, which he had every reason to believe would be at no distant period, as the people of Glasgow seemed to be in hopes of seeing him during the autumn. But, however, that might, it would be useless to proceed under present circumstances, and he therefore begged to move the follow ing resolution :—" That this committee, having carried to a successful issue the reception of Gen. Garibaldi by the people of this great me . ropolis, and having done their best towards securing a testimonial to the illustrious hero worthy of the British nation, deem it to be desirable that for the present no further expenses be incurred as regards the Testimonial Fund, as most of the General's friends in the provinces seem to prefer postponing their subscriptions to the fund until he revisits England. That the accounts, therefore, be audited by the two auditors, Edmond Beales, Esq., M.A., and J. A. Nicholay, Esq., and that the trea surers prepare a balance -sheet thereof, to be signed by the auditors; and that a copy of it be forwarded to every sub scriber, and that the balance in hand, when ascertained, be paid over to the order of the General; and, lastly, that the honorary secretaries be requested to summons a meeting of the Garibaldi Reception and Testimonial Fund Committee as soon as they receive official intimation of the time when the General intends to revisit England." Mr Richardson, in conclusion, read a large number of letters from various gentlemen, subscribers to the fund in London and the pro vinces, all concurring in the coarse proposed by his re- solution. Sir C. M'GREGOR, Bart., seconded the resolution, and highly concurred in the course it pointed out. He had no doubt that at a future time, and when they had the General again amongst them, they would be able to carry out their original intention to its fullest extent. The resolution was supported by Mr E. Beales, Mr Jones, and Mr Webber, C.C. ; and, on being put from the chair, was unanimously adopted. Mr RicHAatiesox stated, in reply to several gentlemen, that ho thought, after the accounts were made up, there would be a balance of some £4OO to be remitted to General Garibaldi. That was in addition to £2OO already remitted, and independent of the Crystal Palace Fund, the accounts of which, in consequence of the absence of Mr Negretti from London, had not yet been made up, but which would be considerable. These accounts, it was expected, would be ready very soon. Mr MORICE, after alluding to the offer made by Mr P. A. Taylor, M. P., at the previous meeting, of allowing the com mitt° the use of the rooms of the Italian Unity Committee, in So uthampton-street, Strand, and the services of their secretary, gratis, should it be decided to continue the fund, moved, that while the committee deemed it inexpedient to accept the offer, the thank s of th e meet i ng b e accor d e d to m Mr Tayl or for a.ing it. Mr RICZARDSON having seconded the motion it was con dially adopted. Votes of thanks were then passed to the honorary secre taries, taries, Mr J. B. T aylor and Mr Richardson, for their inde fatigable exertions in the cause ; to Mr B. Langley,for the excellent ma nner in which ha and those who assisted him conducted the procession arrangements • a nd to the ch man, for his con d uct in the chair and the' interest he had taken in the entire proceedings. The meeting then broke up. Meeting of Colliers. An open air meeting of colliers was held yesterday on a hill, called the Wren's Nest, in the Dudley district. The number present was computed at about 7,000, and it was the largest meeting of the kind that has ever been held in South Staffordshire. A procession of about 3,000 persons marched from Dudley to the pl dco o f meet i ng , ac companied by ten bands. Mr W. H. Miller, of Dudley, presided, and there were delegates present who represented Scotland and the northern counties. The following resolution was passed :—" That the miners of this district approve of the objects of the Dliners' National Association, and pledge themselves to support its operations and contribute towards its funds." _ Mr J, Honmus, of Methfey,treasurer to the National Association, then spoke, and after some remarks upon the in 1853 to 3,088 in 1862 . E mp l oye d in appearance of those p resent, gave t h e f o llowing statistics : —The number of colli er i es at wor k h as increased from 2,397 these collieries there were, in 1861, no l ess t h an 2 35 , 590 colliers, who pro duced for sale in that year the enormous quantity of 83,635,214 tons of c oa l, t h e va l ue o f w hich is estimated at £21,009,000 per annu m . U p t o 1850 the number of fatal deaths in coal mine s average d 1 , 015 yearly, or four to the thousand, more than eight times above the general average of deaths by violence from dangerous occupations; while the returns for 1861-2 show the average to have risen to 1,061 2-3, while 1863 is still higher than the preceding years. The Registrar- General's report shows that the average of the lives of the whole population of Great Britain reaches 33 . 34 years, agriculturists being 42'3, the miner's life averages only 27 years. Ihe speaker then maintained that the enormous amount of work done by the colliers was not properly paid for; that they were not participating, so to speak, largely enough in the profits of their masters ; while the risk they encountered in exposing themselves to the breathing of the foul air in a pit, which shortened their lives, was another reason why they should he well paid for their work. The income tax returns, continued he, for the past year showed that the masters were getting more wealthy every year; and he thought that th e l a b ourers of the country should get richer too, so that by an d by th e y might have a few hun dred pounds to fall back upon at a period when they were not fit for work. The Rev. J. R. STEVENS, chaplain to the National As sociation, then spoke, and was followed by the delegates; after which the meeting dispersed. 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What, then?. would the Conservatives have done if they held , office for the last two or three years, which would have placed the country in a better position than that which it holds now? The answer is very simple. They would have known their own minds. They would have determined how far it was the duty and interest of England to defend Denmark ; i and they would have intimated their decision n, clear a;:d unmistakeable terms to Denmark herself and to Germany. If both the Powers had known before passions grew warm that the objects were for which England had rehzlved. ous contest wo uld to fight, it is a: vioasly improbable that any ser i ous have arisen. The mistaken persistency with wheh in the earlier part of the controversy, Denmark contested some points of mere detail, upon ttaio":, i needless acrimony was engendered,was predate ed el a contietion which Lord Russell had left in th' mind of the Danish Minister that England was pledged, come what mi g ht, to uphold the int egr i ty' of the Danish monarchy, Th e absoluteindiffe rence to English threats with which Germany.has trodden under foot the plainest,' Sreaty obligations and the most elementary national rights was sini c al the result of a p ro f oun d conv i c ti on that Eng.a. l3 , would net fight for anything. That be lie f '' upon the issue of th e P o li s h negocial ionas s was disseminated widely t h roug h Europe, a nd has been fully justified by the result. But it% existence, with all its fatal consequences , 'us e wholly due to the m i scon d uc t o f t h e Preseu-. Ministers. If Ministers is power had been les' addicted to bluster and mare sensitive to do; honour, both parties in the present dispute wou l d lu have known from the first ex ac tly wh a t they mi gh t depend on, and how far th e y m i g ht go . Denmark would have known to what extent she might count upon English aid, and upon what points she ltau e ' trust to her own strength. Germany would haver known that there was a limit b e y on d which s he' might not step without encounte r i ng the whole England's power. Forew arne d b e f ore h a nd,neithex would have drifted into this fatal struggle, fv° l° which embittered feeling and compromised honclor now forbids either to re t rea t. Th e C onse rvative° have strong gr oun d, th ere f ore , f or censur i n g the Ministry, and looki ng s i m ply t o th e past . The" is no need to inquire whether the policy the Gown' ment are now following—if they are following and at all—is a right or a wrong one. It is not a quee tion of present policy. The question is how t h e men who now hold o ffi ce a re fit t o b e t rus t e d VOW any policy at all, They ar e s i m ply i ncom petent. Their conduct upon the Danish and Polish question. has shown them to be unfit depositaries of powe r ' They have dragged England' s h onour th roug h ta r a dirt. They have threat e n e d w h ere th ey d are d Dr strike, and their timidity has betrayed to rui ll nations of men far nobler than themselves, They have brought matters to th a t p ass th a t E ng land° arm is no Langer feared, and En g l an d' s wor d s fail to inspire confidence. If no alteration of policy what ever were to ensue from a c h ange o f Governmen t ' still a change is indispensable, because, if the future' conduct of men may be judged by what they have done in the past, new dishonour awaits England a° the result of any negociation these Ministers may undertake. It is probable, however, that new me n would bring to some ex t en t new measures , th o ught of course, it is difficult to speculate upon t he nature or extent of any p ro b a bl e c h ange o f pol icy unless the precise point could be fixed at which the new corners would have to take up the threads of negociation. In any case, however, even .a"a assuming that a new Governm en t f oun d it s elf much bound by its predecessors' acts as to be dis abled for the moment from going back upon right s and claims that have drifted into history, still s change of Government w ou ld b r i ng consi derab le assistance to the Danes. Their position would b e better fitted, their hands wou ld b e more f re e, eve n for the task of negociation. In dealing with Go vernments of a despotic type personal feeling go" for a great deal. Now, Lord Russell has con trived to make himself personally detestable to the two potentates whose voice will principally decil3de the future progress of thi s war . T o A us tria 1 ? party is traditionally u n a cce pt a bl e , an d a personal point has been given to the general feeling by the extravagant and inconsiderate partizanship of the Government during the disturbances of which Italy has recently been the theatre. With France his position ought to have been better. He has no tra ditional predilections to contend against, an hick great que s ti on o f nat i ona l po li cy h as ar i sen on iv he could well take a side openly antagonistic to the Emperor Napoleon. But what he wanted in appore tunity he has made up by ingenuity. He has con trived to offer to the Emperor a deep personal of fence upon a matter of simple form. There is no doubt, that ever since the appearance of the caustic and rude dispatch in which Lord Russell rejected the proposal for a Congress, the Emperor has been unwilling to take any public step in co n j unc tion with a statesman from whom be had received so gratuitous an affront. A new Foreign Secretary would come into office exempt from these disadvan tages, and free from the personal ignominy which our ancient Pistol has justly earned. It will be something to have a Foreign Minister whose dip lomatic obligations have not been protested as dis honoured in every Chancellerie in Europe. He will strike with more effect if vigorous measures are needed ; and if the path of negociation be still open he will have a better hope of pursuing it to the at tainment of an honourab'e settlement. COUNTRY MARKETS. -------- 1------ 11. We had a sma COLCHESTER—JUNE II show of wheat on offer at this market to-day, and the trade was firm at last week's prices. Beans same as last week. No peas. Wheat; white ..42s 46s Beans, Mazagan..2Bs red 38s 42s middle & small.32s 36s Barley Oats 20s ,25s grey 34s 36s NORTHAMPTON—Jura 11. Only a moderate quantity of wheat on offer to-day from the growers. Holders tried to establish an advance, whic h checked sales. For the best white sorts late rates were ob tained, but other descriptions were the turn cheaper, Bar ley very scarce, and not much life in the trade. Oats made fully previous rates. Beans in steady consumpti ve demand: —White wheat, new, 38s to 40s; new red, 358 to 3 85 P old. 38s to 40s per qr. Barley, new malting, 24s to 3 6 e' grinding, 26s to 33s per qr. Oats, 19s to 30s per 24 stone* Beans, 34s to Peas, 32s to 36s per qr. GLOUCESTER,' —JuNT 11. There was a good supply o f English wheat to-day from the farmers, which sold at a decline of 6d to is per qr the prices of last week. Foreign wheat in limited deraanal and no change in value. Barley, beans, and oats were un altered. CHELMSFORD—JUNE 10. At this corn exchange to-day there was a fair s . hosv.l wheat, and la s t week's rates were lower, with an business doing. I n Sp r i ng corn a stea d y t ra d e , and former prices, Wheat, old white 30 s 45 s new 43s 4Th old red 34 s 37 s new 36s 40s Barley ..25 s 33 8 Chevalier 268 36s Grinding 20s 28s Malt.... Chevalier ... 648 68 8 Oats 2os 26 51 macula Peas, Partridge 36 5 388 White 30s 49 Boiling 3 Bs 425 Dun 31s 35 ° Ditto new ..... .8 ---s Beans, Tick, old 34s 363 new -0 —a Harrow Ticks 34s 36a —s — 5 new Ma zagan 285 3os KIRKCALDY GRAIN—Jura 11. We had small supplies of all kinds of grain at raarkct to-day, which sold freely at the prices of last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....34s Od I 24s Od l6s 6d Second ..36510d 23s Od 17s 6d Third....3Bs Od —a Od . . 19s 6d _ - Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy, Charges under L 5 payable by easy instalments. Offices— (established 1830), 12, Hatton -garden. City branch -6, Moor gate-street, Bank.—AnyT. . Births. CircrucuiLL.—Ou the 13th inst., at 16, Rutland-gate, the Lady Alt'red Spencer Churchill, of a daughter. Coox.E.—On the 10th inst., at Swinton, near Rotherhaint the wife of Major E. B. Cooke, of a daughter. KING.—On the 9th inst., at 37, Seymour-street, Euston" square, Mrs. Henry King, of a daughter. ScuusTEß.—On the 12th inst., at 18, Queen's-gate, Hyde park, the Lady Isabella Schuster, of a daughter. Marriages. UNDERWOOD,—JA CKSON .—O n th e 11th i ns t., at Trinity Church, Marylebon., Frederick James, only surviv i l'g . soh of Joseph. Underwood, Esq., of 5, Hyde - p ark gardens, and Norwich, to Caroline, eldest surviving daughter of William Jackson, Esq., M.P. Ross.—HuTH.—On the 11th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Colonel Thomas Ross, 2d battalion 24th Regt4 to Fanny Gertrude, second daughter of Charles Fredk. Huth, Esq, Deaths. ---- CARTWRIGHT.—On the 11th inst., at Tunbridge, Samuel Cartwright, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., aged 76. CUNYNGIIAME,—On the 10th inst., at Spa, Belgium, Annie, wife of Sir David Cunynghame, of Milncraig, Bart., aged 49. DENNING.—On the 10th inst., at Dulwich, Stephen Poyntz Denning, Esq., aged 72: LucK.—At St. Gregory's, Ramsgate, the Rev. Alfred Luck, 0.5.8., aged 57. Siauff.—On the Bth inst., at 23. Abbey-road, St. John's wood, Edward Smith, Esq., aged 83. WOODS.—On the 12th inst., at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Wra. Woods, Esq., banker, aged 78. Woon.—On the 10th inst.. at Woodlesford, near Leeds, Capt. W, J. Wood, R.N., aged 64. ...ondon : Prirtz,od and Prbiished Dy WILLIAM ANDUVWS of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE Sur; Office :,"• " 2 ' Strand, in the Precinct of the 3avoy, n the Counly of BlLialebex,—Tues day, June 14,1884.